Saturday, May 23, 2009

Crumbs

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“Why don’t you smile at the customers?” Tammy asks her. “Smile at them, make them feel welcome, comfortable. Smile, then ask them if you can...
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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Spicy blend of personas stirs the emotions

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There’s something on the boil at the Market Theatre in the form of Curry Tales , a one-woman show written and performed by Rani Moorthy. Pri...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Joburg pix, not taken

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A man, having his head shaved, highlighted by the dusk of early evening. All around him, gathering darkness, except his head, this small sta...

Deftly summons human frailties of New Yorkers

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Review of The Last Bachelor , Jay McInerney, Bloomsbury This is the latest collection of short stories by Jay McInerney, who shot to promine...
Thursday, April 9, 2009

Mixed bag from Africa

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Review of The Obituary Tango: A selection of writing from the Caine Prize for African Writing 2005 , Jacana. The settings are familiar: over...

A homegrown tale to flow over the reader, like a song or a poem

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Review of Quarter Tones by Susan Mann, Random House The only regret I had, after finishing this second novel from local writer Susan Mann, ...

At Risk: writing on and over the edge of South Africa

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Review of At Risk: Writing on and over the edge of South Africa edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall, Jonathan Ball This diverse collec...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Soweto Crawl

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If you’ve done the Soweto Heritage route, seen Mandela’s house and the Hector Peterson Memorial, there’s something new on the tourist map. T...
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On Tour in Alex

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You’re warned that this is the real deal. This is not sanitised, touristoriented Soweto with its B&Bs and museums ready for the public. ...